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Got Tristyn a new desk
Found this desk on Facebook marketplace for $20. What a steal! Tristyn will be getting Mama’s old computer and needed a place to put it. He loves it.
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Working for what you want
I got a phone call yesterday from my bariatric office. I’m scheduled for surgery at the end of February. I can’t believe the time is finally here. I’ve been anticipating this so much and looking so forward to it. I’ve cut back on my coffee and come February 1st I’ll quit caffeine altogether. I guess the caffeine eats through the staples so I can’t have any caffeine before or directly after the surgery until I’m all healed up. I can do that. I need to start getting in the habit of logging my food however, I started and then blamed being too busy as a reason why I stopped. I…
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Hematology Appointment
I had my hematology appointment yesterday. It went well. He saw my history of being iron deficient and ordered more bloodwork to be done. Those results came back rather fast. I was off on 5 out of the 6 tests ordered. They called me shortly after saying that I needed iron infusions and that they would call and set those up as soon as it was approved by insurance. I’m not surprised. I expected this. Hopefully, the iron infusions will make me feel better and give me more energy. My hematology doctor is in the cancer center and boy was it nice in there. They even had a grand piano.…
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Health Updates
There are so many health updates going on with my kiddos. Tristyn’s chronic cough still hasn’t gone away. They have thrown 4 rounds of antibiotics, 4 rounds of steroids, and a month of asthma meds at him with no change. His doctor referred him to Children’s Hospital in Denver for further evaluation. Zahkya had a doctor’s appointment on Friday and they ordered a bunch of bloodwork and urine analysis, and I had to collect a stool sample from her. Her bloodwork showed high inflammation markers, and her urine was fine, but her stool sample showed she had a type of food poisoning and an e. Coli infection. Her ear infection…
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Tristyn turned 7
The boy that made me a Momma just turned 7 on November 27th. I am so extremely proud of this kid. He’s everything I wish I could have been.
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Doctor’s appointments and new karate belts
It has been one very very busy day today. It started off with a snowstorm and a very brisk cold morning. I had to drive to Fort Collins for my appointment with my bariatric doctors and dietitian. It went so well, they are just so awesome there. My dietitian feels that I’m on the right track and I’ve lost another 5 pounds in the last 2 weeks. There were some issues with my blood tests, however. I’m extremely low in iron even taking a multivitamin and iron supplements. According to some of my other blood work, I’ve been severely anemic for years and it’s a bigger issue than I realized.…
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I am tired of all this sickness
I spoke too soon yesterday. Tristyn had another rough night with extremely high fevers. At one point I had ice packs on him and made him suck on ice cubes to get his fever down. High fevers, especially those that are 104-105 are just scary. He was shaking and really out of it from being so hot. He’s had 4 doses of his antibiotics now and I’m just hoping that it does its job. I feel so bad for him being sick for so long. He’s been going through bouts of sickness since mid-September. I kept him home again today. He’s not eaten much for days and he’s still not…
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My sickest day yet, Tristyn’s better
This has got to be the hardest day yet for me and whatever this is that I have. My body aches are terrible and I’m coughing and I’m breathing fast. I’ve got really bad brain fog and no focus. Moving hurts. I’ve had to get everything ready for the week, however, because Moms still have to do their job even when ill. I think that’s why I’m not getting better. I haven’t had any resting time and I’ve been taking care of everyone else instead of myself. I just made myself a cup of tea to sip. I think someone warm in my throat might soothe it a bit. Tristyn’s…
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Tristyn’s turn to go to urgent care
I tell you. I’m really over all this sickness. Tristyn had a really bad night last night. He was coughing all night and he had a 104 temp this morning. He said his ear hurt and he couldn’t breathe. When I checked his oxygen levels they were all over the place, from the 70s to the low 90s. So I rushed him to urgent care and we had to sit and wait over an hour before we ever got back into a room. They tested him for all the viral things, COVID-19, Flu type a and b, and RSV. He was negative for all of that but they found that…
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Another Trip to urgent care
Poor Tristyn. He was up all night last night coughing again with this crud. I kept him home (again) from school today because he got so little sleep and he feels terrible. A few weeks ago I was in urgent care with him and they gave him steroids and an antibiotic. His sickness seemed to go away during those 10 days of taking the antibiotic but the 11th day all this crud came back, but this time, with a vengeance. So they are going to use a stronger antibiotic this time and more steroids. He’s trying to get some rest in his room right now. I feel so bad for…